Strange problem: some remote xterms would not startup

[Thomas Dickey]

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 02:52:37PM -0400, mi at aldan.algebra.com wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Whenever I login to a Solaris-10 box from my FreeBSD desktop and try to 
> run xterm, I get:
>
>    xterm:  unable to locate a suitable font

The check's rather old
>
> Copying the xterm-executable from Solaris-8 to the same Solaris-10 
> machine works just fine.

Solaris 8's xterm would likely be the X11R6 version, while Solaris 10
might/might not be the one that I maintain.  If

	xterm -v

prints a version number, my curiosity about that would be satisfied.

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey at invisible-island.net>
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net
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